Khrushchev

Question 1

Which 5 men were in the collective leadership that took over after Stalin death

Answer 1

Khrushchev, Beria, Molotov, Malenkov, voroshilov

Question 2

How was Beria removed from power

Answer 2

Accused of crimes and zukhov rushed in and arrested him.
Executed after 6 months in December 1953

Question 3

How did Khrushchev outmanoeuvre Malenkov?

Answer 3

Made him take blame for poor harvest in 1953

Question 4

When was virgin land schemes

Answer 4

1954

Question 5

When was secret speech at 20th party congress

Answer 5

1956

Question 6

Theee motives for destabilisation

Answer 6

Moral conscience
Leninist renewal
Liberate party officials

Question 7

What was the title of secret speech

Answer 7

On the personality cult and its consequences

Question 8

How many political prisoners were freed after the secret speech

Answer 8

617000

Question 9

Two examples of how Khrushchev speech destabilised Europe

Answer 9

Hungary strike in 1956
Polish strike led to change in gov

Question 10

How many casualties in Hungarian uprising

Answer 10

20,000

Question 11

What was anti party group

Answer 11

Molotov kaganovich and voroshilov opposed the secret speech
Condemned for factionalism

Question 12

What happened to zukhov 1957

Answer 12

Dismissed from presidium and central committee due to military reforms without consultation of the party

Question 13

What did Khrushchev attack Stalin at 22nd party congress in 1961

Answer 13

New info on purges

Question 14

Four actions at 22nd party congress

Answer 14

Stalins body moved
Places named after Stalin renamed
Monuments of Stalin removed
Monument to Stalin’s victims in Moscow

Question 15

What did Ks analysis of agriculture in 1953 reveal

Answer 15

Low productivity, low livestoc.
Farmers incomes low
High taxes on private plots discouraged production

Question 16

Where was VLS

Answer 16

Kazakhstan, the urals and Siberia

Question 17

How many Komsomol volunteers helped in VLS

Answer 17

300,000

Question 18

What proportion of 85mn acres of maize were harvested ripe

Answer 18

1/6

Question 19

When were MTS stations abolished

Answer 19

1958

Question 20

How did Ks restriction of private plots put pressone on peasants

Answer 20

Pressure to sell cows to kolkhoz

Question 21

When did Khrushchev do 7 year plan

Answer 21

1959

Question 22

Why did k expand chemistry

Answer 22

To provide more fertiliser for agriculture

Question 24

2 issued with Ks industry

Answer 24

Expense of space race
Increased military expenditure

Question 25

Succes of Ks industry

Answer 25

Consumer goods increased Space race increased prestige

Question 26

When was first successful ballistic missile

Answer 26

1957

Question 27

When did Gagarin become first man in space

Answer 27

1961

Question 28

3 ways Khrushchev reorganised industry

Answer 28

-Enterprise from central to republic bank -Republican gov given control of factories -1957 regional economic council set up

Question 29

Shag was the new party programme

Answer 29

Communist party was now the party of the whole peoples. Communist society by 1980 and wealth to have increased by 260%

Question 30

How did K help living standards

Answer 30

1956minimum wage 1960 7 hour dag

Question 31

When did k try to end house shortages

Answer 31

1957

Question 32

Give examples of new houses in 1956 and 65

Answer 32

Cheap five stories high and pre fabricated

Question 33

How did higher education increase

Answer 33

Trebled

Question 34

3 examples of Ks attack on religion

Answer 34

Revival of militant atheism Anti religious propaganda Churches and monasteries closed

Question 35

Two examples of novels censored

Answer 35

Dr zhivago and life and fate

Question 36

Where was the uprising on 1st June 1962

Answer 36

Novocherkassk

Question 37

What was novocherassk about

Answer 37

Food prices rising

Question 38

What was samizdat

Answer 38

Self publishing. Spread political ideas

Question 39

Why was k criticised about CMC

Answer 39

Nearly caused nuclear war

Question 40

How good was grain harvest in 1963

Answer 40

107 tonnes to target of 170 million tonnes

Question 42

What happened after harvest of 1963

Answer 42

K had to buy grain from abroad

Question 43

How did K reorganise politically

Answer 43

1956-61 replaced 2/3 of council of ministers 1961 limited number of times one person could be elected to the same office 1962 divided party between agriculture and industry

Question 44

Reactions to Ks organisation

Answer 44

Hare brained schemes

Question 47

How many were killed in Nobocherkaask

Answer 47

24